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Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead(2009)

NR
| 1h 31min | Horror, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 526 votes)

A group of people find themselves trapped in the backwoods of West Virginia, fighting for their lives against a group of vicious and horribly disfigured inbred cannibals.

Directed by Declan O'Brien - With Janet Montgomery, Tamer Hassan, Gil Kolirin, Mac McDonald
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Elite Squad: The Enemy Within(2010)

1h 55min | Drama, Action, Crime
3.9/5 (with 783 votes)

After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member Diogo Fraga of execution of prisoners. Matias is transferred to the corrupted Military Police and Nascimento is exonerated from the BOPE by the Governor.

Directed by José Padilha - With Wagner Moura, Milhem Cortaz, Maria Ribeiro, Adriano Garib, André Mattos, André Ramiro, ...
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Cell 211(2009)

1h 50min | Action, Thriller, Drama
3.7/5 (with 546 votes)

The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.

Directed by Daniel Monzón - With Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann, Antonio Resines, Marta Etura, Carlos Bardem, Vicente Romero Romero, ...

The Marriage of Maria Braun(1979)

2h | Drama
3.7/5 (with 97 votes)

Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to navigate the difficult post-war years alone.

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder - With Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny, Gisela Uhlen, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Gottfried John, ...
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Under Capricorn(1949)

NR
| 1h 48min | Drama, History, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 68 votes)

In 1831, Irishman Charles Adare travels to Australia to start a new life with the help of his cousin who has just been appointed governor. When he arrives he meets powerful landowner and ex-convict, Sam Flusky, who wants to do a business deal with him. Whilst attending a dinner party at Flusky's house, Charles meets Flusky's wife Henrietta who he had known as a child back in Ireland. Henrietta is an alcoholic and seems to be on the verge of madness.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock - With Michael Wilding, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Margaret Leighton, Cecil Parker, Denis O'Dea, ...

Turned Out: Sexual Assault Behind Bars(2004)

56min | Documentary, Crime
3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

A look beyond the shock and inhumanity of prison rape to the intricate social hierarchy that keeps it alive. A filmmaker goes deep inside Alabama's infamous Limestone penitentiary to uncover the long-term causes and consequences of prison rape. With a startling lack of inhibition, five inmates reveal the workings of an elaborate inner society.

God and Devil on Top of the Wall(2006)

54min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Imagine a prison with some ten thousand prisoners, many of them dangerous and, to control them, only a few unarmed employees. Small in number, these employees work in shifts. They are almost prisoners themselves, in a routine of tension, but also of humor and emotion. This prison was all too real. While it was in existence, the Carandiru was the largest prison in Latin America, administered by a reduced number of employees. The documentary shows, from the point of view of these few employees, holding the keys, how the prison operated: the delicate balance in the relationship with the prisoners, affinity among employees, moments of tension and, even, of happiness. These are stories told by former employees, among them, Dr. Dráuzio Varella, author of the book Estação Carandiru. These are the secrets of a place that no longer exists.

Picnic(2015)

13min | Kids & Family, Drama

Sarajevo, rush hour. Emir (15), accompanied by a social worker, is on his way to meet his father Safet for a weekend picnic at Igman, a semi-open penitentiary. Due to the heavy traffic they are late...

Directed by Jure Pavlović - With Emir Mušić, Aleksandar Seksan, Senad Alihodžić

They All Come Out(1939)

1h 10min | Crime, Drama
2.6/5 (with 3 votes)

A down on his luck young man stumbles into a gang of robbers who all get landed in prison. Will he be reformed, or is he ensnared into a life of crime?

Directed by Jacques Tourneur - With Addison Richards, Ann Shoemaker, Charles Lane, George Tobias, Rita Johnson, Tom Neal, ...

Bitayin si....Baby Ama!(1976)

1h 51min | Action, Drama
3.4/5 (with 1 vote)

A story depicting the life of executed murderer and gang leader, Marciál "Baby" Ama. Ama, who became a gang leader with his prison mob while serving a sentence for lesser charges, was executed for murder at the age of 16 via electric chair on 4 October 1961.

Directed by John Gale - With Rudy Fernandez, Alma Moreno

The Family(2011)

1h 27min | Horror, Thriller
2.1/5 (with 6 votes)

A family has a hard time tying to stay together, because murder seems to be in their blood, and a their favorite type of gathering is a massacre.

Quinto patio(1970)

1h 34min | Crime, Drama
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Ramon is a guy who lives in a neighborhood, in the " fifth courtyard " in urban poverty. Nevertheless, aspires to the love of the daughter of his employer, a woman of another social class.

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Doin' Time(1985)

R
| 1h 21min | Comedy
2.2/5 (with 5 votes)

Duke Jarrett is sent to jail at the John Dillinger prison. However, the prison looks more like a zoo, more or less ruled by the prisoners themselves.

Directed by George Mendeluk - With Jeff Altman
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Debut(2017)

1h 20min | Documentary
3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

The soulless atmosphere of a women's penitentiary destroys the prisoners' personality, kills all femininity in them. The film looks at the rationality of the long prison terms for women with children.

Directed by Anastasiya Miroshnichenko

Escapade(1932)

1h 7min | Crime, Drama

Upon release from the penitentiary, Phillip Whitney tells his friend, Bennie, that he is going straight, and visits his lawyer brother John. Phillip looks up to John and while incarcerated maintained contact with him through a continental mailing agency. As John has no idea he was in prison, Phillip tells him that he has just returned from Japan.

Directed by Richard Thorpe - With Anthony Bushell, Carmelita Geraghty, Jameson Thomas, Phillips Smalley, Sally Blane, Walter Long, ...

Star-Crossed Lovers(1962)

1h 29min | Drama, History
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Magdalena and Michael have loved each other since they were children. But when the Nazis come to power, Michael rebels against the regime and is sentenced to fifteen years in a concentration camp. Magdalena, meanwhile, goes underground with the help of a friend and later immigrates to the Soviet Union. Michael, who has joined the Red Army, discovers on the way to Moscow that Magdalena is staying there. But when his plane lands, she is already on her way back to Germany. Michael hopes that one day, he and Magdalena will be reunited.

Directed by Frank Beyer - With Armin Mueller-Stahl, Annekathrin Bürger, Ulrich Thein, Marga Legal, Monika Lennartz, Walter Lendrich, ...